Quote:
Originally Posted by
imaginarynumb3rs Each statement of Forrest was followed by an attempted interjection, but Fern wasn't able to get in anything but a cut-off shriek before Forrest kept on talking. She had so much to say, and she wanted Forrest to just sit down and be quiet and listen.
But then he started to look sad, and Fern hated it when Forrest looked sad, because he looked like a cruppy, and Fern loved cruppies, and this was a problem. So even though the 11-year-old had a lot of things to yell about, she toned it down and instead said very matter-of-factly, "Of course they will marry. That's because it's true love, and true love always wins in the end."
Then she perked up, and with a big smile, nodded to herself, "That's how I know you and Bristol are going to live happily-ever-after too."
That only made Forrest's shoulders slump more. He was so heartbroken and sad that he didn't even argue with Fern about Bristol. He had a few words about Bristol as she seemed to always be VERY busy, but he kept them to himself. He wasn't as good as her about love matters, but he was sure that wasn't how people fell in true love with each other.
He slowly sat down as he refused to look at her.
"We could have been happy together..." he muttered to himself. They could have tended an elephant.
Adopted, even! He was sure Alec didn't have such dreams. He probably only cared about his own seeking career and showing off with Ella's captaincy whereas Forrest would have TRULY CARED about her.
"Cutty thinks I shouldn't listen to you," he said as an after-thought as his eyes were still on the floor. He was too depressed to care about her expression, really.